Miscellaneous laptop discussions : NX860XL

NX860XL

I’ve had my system for a month now and am very happy with it. THE GOOD: The picture is stellar and the games I play, play well. (Ghost Recon, Doom3) The key board with number-pad on right is cool, I just wish a left hand version was available. The Notebook feels solid enough & has 4 USB ports, PC-Card, S-Video, Firewire, Memory Stick slot, and on the front is the Microphone and Headphone slot. For the money, I haven’t found a better notebook system if your looking for a laptop you want to play serious games on. Battery life is average, but I only got the standard battery because I plug mine in 95% of the time. I saved $200+ by speaking directly with a Gateway Sales Person and letting them know I’m a return customer. A similar spec system from Alien-ware or Dell was at least $800 to $1.2K more. The only difference is the Dell XPS and Alien-ware shells look better (so what). THE BAD: The Notebook does run a little hot. I got the only notebook cooler that fits the 17” (Notepal by Cooler Master). It works great, but interferes a little with the headphone jack. MISC: This is my second laptop and I really impressed with the 17” Ultrabright screen. I would have liked a 7200rpm hard drive, but they didn’t offer it when I ordered. (They do now) In my opinion, best gamer notebook for the money I could find.

As I got it, NX860XL; Intel Duo Core 2.00GHz Processor, 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 17.0" Ultrabright (1680 x 1050 res), nVidia 7800 256MB Graphics Card, with 80GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive,

Dave Fawcett